By
Viewed
4,548
Please choose the correct answer for each question below:
Questions: 0/959
Correct: 0
Translate:
Well, let's uh dig a little bit deeper
into that because some people might be
listening to this and thinking bonfire
night. What are you on about? So, Steve,
what is bonfire night?
Oh, it's so good. It's so good. And it's
uniquely British. So hundreds of years
ago,
some people who I guess these days would
be called terrorists
decided to blow up the government and
they got some barrels of gunpowder and
went to the Houses of Parliament in
London. That's next to Big Ben,
obviously the famous Clark, and they hid
away and they were going to blow up
Parliament, but they were caught. One of
the main people involved was called Guy
Forks
and he was caught and he was hung. And
the king said, "We're going to celebrate
the fact that he was caught on November
the 5th every year and we're going to
have big bonfires and we're going to set
up fireworks."
[music]
Hello. Hello everybody. Good morning,
good afternoon, good evening and good
night. And we are back for another
little chinwag, another little chitchat
to use some British English slang
phrases and just provide you with some
comprehensible input and English
listening practice between two Brits.
So, he needs no introduction. You know
who he is. Steve, how are you and
welcome back.
I'm not too bad, thanks Lewis, and
thanks for having me on your podcast.
>> It's a pleasure. You know, we had our
last little chat a few months ago. So,
tell us what's new and how's life?
>> Um, fair to middling, I think, is the
right English expression. Fair to
middling. Um,
I'm just doing fine, Lewis. I'm not the
best and I'm not the worst at being fair
to middling. It's a It's a nice
expression. Exactly. I mean, we're
recording this in November. It's getting
a little bit colder. The days are
getting a little bit shorter as well.
It's a moment of the year where
personally I take advantage of the fact
that days are shorter to kind of like
hibernate a little bit. It's like I'm a
bear and I'm going into hiding over
winter where I'll just sit back, watch
series, stay at home, save a little bit
of money, and prepare myself to come out
and reappear when days start to get a
little bit longer.
I've always suspected that you were part
because you have all the hairy chest.
I'm a little jealous for your hairy
chest because I hadn't got one. Well, I
was suspected you were part there,
Lewis.
>> There you have the proof, the
confirmation.
But yeah, do you do a similar thing in
winter? Do you kind of like go out less,
chill out more?
No. To be honest, I I love My favorite
day is in November, and my favorite day
is today. I love bonfire night. I'm
obsessed with Bonfire Night ever since I
was a child. I've done videos on my
channel about Bonfire Night and how much
I love it. And tonight is the night.
>> Okay. Well, let's uh dig a little bit
deeper into that because some people
might be listening to this and thinking,
"Bonfire night? What are you on about?"
So, Steve, what is bonfire night?
Oh, it's so good. It's so good. And it's
uniquely British. So hundreds of years
ago,
some people who I guess these days would
be called terrorists
decided to blow up the government and
they got some barrels of gunpowder and
went to the Houses of Parliament in
London. that's next to Big Ben, which
obviously the famous Clark and they hid
away and they were going to blow up
Parliament, but they were caught and one
of the main people involved was called
Guy Forks
and he was caught and he was hung and
the king said, "We're going to celebrate
the fact that he was caught on November
the 5th every year and we're going to
have big bonfires. is and we're going to
set up fireworks and we're going to
create a model. Craig Red's an effigy of
this man called Guy Forks
and we're going to throw him on the
bonfire and he's going to burn, which is
a bit gruesome really. It's a bit like
Halloween,
but it's even better. And um ever since
I was a child, we've always had bonfires
in our back garden or went to organized
displays. We saved our pocket money and
bought fireworks, which is only legal
around this time of year in the UK. And
it's become legal around Christmas as
well, but mainly it's bonfire night. All
the supermarkets and shops are full of
these fireworks, and we all let them off
tonight. It's such a good party
atmosphere.
>> And usually in every town and city,
they'll have different places where
you'll gather. Everybody will get
together. You'll have some kind of like
food trucks as well. And everybody will
go out. Usually, it's a little bit
chilly. It's a bit nippy, a bit cold.
And then you just go look up at the sky,
see all of these fireworks going off,
and then you might be able to get a
little bit closer to the bonfire to, you
know, warm yourself up a little bit. And
in fact, knowing that you are from
Liverpool, I think maybe the last
bonfire night that I went to was in
Septton Park. I think uh it was because
that was my last year of university. And
Sept Park, for those of you who don't
know, is I'd say the main park, the
biggest park in Liverpool. And there
they have different events. And one of
these events was to celebrate Bonfire
Night. And since then, I don't think
I've been in the UK for the 5th of
November because I'll tend to go back
home for Christmas, for Easter, for
summer, for quite a while. But
November's never a moment to go back
home. At least not in my family. So
[snorts] now you're saying it, I kind of
miss it. I wish I was there today.
It's I tell I because of the jobs that
we that we both do. We speak to people
all around the world, you know, teaching
them English. And often, I'm sure like
me, you get asked when's the best time
to visit? And I always say, make sure
you come the end of October, early
November, so that you can experience
Bonfire Night. I'm like a big child when
it comes to it. I absolutely love it.
And some of, as you quite rightly say,
some of the the displays that are put
on, of course, there's private little
bonfires in people's gardens, but some
of the displays that the towns and the
cities put on are spectacular.
Just spectacular. Um, oh, it's well
worth visiting the UK on November the
5th.
>> Okay. And another thing that I'm
thinking about now is toffee apples
because of course you'll have lots of
little goodies and sweets and things you
can eat. And I believe that toffee
apples are very very typical at this
time of year. So then you've got an
apple which is on a stick and it's
covered in toffee. So it's a little bit
complicated to eat at first until you
start like licking it and then it starts
melting a bit. But the idea of already
something naturally sweet in an apple
and then covering it with like
artificial sweet stuff,
you'd be absolutely buzzing just licking
your toffee apple.
>> Absolutely. And
my favorite is to um we go out top the
apples, we walk to the local park or we
walk to the waterfront at Liverpool.
Sometimes they put on a display of
fireworks as well. And on the way home,
we always walk cuz on the way home,
we'll stop in a chippy, buy a bag of
chips, and we're walking back eating
chips and we see all the fireworks going
off from all the displays all over the
city. Spectacular.
Clay, perfect. And by the way, a chippy
is a fish and chip shop. And some people
sometimes ask me, uh, you know, fish and
chips, what what fish do you have? You
just say fish. So, it's usually two main
fish and um you either have hadock or
cod. Personally, I always go for hadock
if I've got the choice. Steve, would you
also go for hadock or cod?
>> No, I'd go for cod to be honest.
>> Um, when I was young, I'm showing my age
now. When I was young, fish and chips
was a cheap meal.
So I would be given money by my mom to
go up to the local fish and chip shop,
the local chippy, and I would buy a
large chips for us all and maybe two
fish that would be split because they
were always enormous. Um,
but now, not that long ago, I was in the
the city center and I made the mistake
of going to a well-known tourist area
called Albert Dock and they have a
chippy and I went in there and fish and
chips were £14.
Fish and chips £14. I couldn't believe
it. So, it's become an expensive treat
now. Even though that was a touristy
area, it's still, you know, it's just
become expensive.
Inflation. Everything's going up, right?
Everything's getting more expensive.
>> Yes.
Everything's going up except our wages.
>> Exactly. What a time to be alive.
[laughter]
Awesome. So, we've already used a couple
of nice phrases related to British
slang, but let's keep doing it. So, as
I've been doing in a few recent
conversations, I'm going to keep sharing
and stopping sharing a list of random
conversation questions which each
include something British, whether
that's a bit of slang, a phrasal verb,
an expression, and we'll take it in
turns to ask an answer. And because we
haven't prepared this, we might end up
making up some answers and telling a few
white lies, you know, stretching the
truth slightly. But I'll kick off with
the first one. And I'm curious. Um,
this one, the second question, Steve, do
you know anyone who's a bit of a chatter
box? And if so, if they're so chatty, so
talkative, how do you handle them?
Let's be honest, Louis, we both know
that hammer chat box
is you're not going to meet someone that
likes a natter, which is another word
for chat, more than me.
However,
I love chatter boxes. I don't like
people who are quiet. I like
conversation.
Um, having said that, a few weeks ago,
I made a video and it was about how to
politely stop someone interrupting you
or stopping them chat if you need to say
something back to them. And I think
there was three or four techniques that
I explained in the video of how to do
this. And my favorite one by far is if
someone is talking nonstop at you and
you can't get a word in edgewise, which
is another phrase we use when someone's
speaking and you and you're like that.
My best advice is say the person's name.
So if you're talking to me all the time,
we like hearing our own name and it will
stop us. So, if you're talking
and I just say, "Lewis, can I just ask
you?" You will stop as soon as you hear
your name. It's a great technique for
dealing with chatter boxes.
>> Okay. So, somebody will just not shut
up. They're going on and on and on.
>> See, [laughter]
it worked wonders. It worked to
perfection.
>> So, in that case, this is the way to
handle a chatter box if they're getting
on your nerves. If they're winding you
up a little bit, if you just can't
handle it anymore and it's like going on
and on, say the name,
>> you know, you know the song.
>> Say my name. Say my name.
>> If you need to reinforce it, do what I
did there. Hold your hand up. Body
language is so important in
communication.
So Lewis, if they carry on, Lewis,
stop sign. They will stop every time. It
never fails.
But like I say, I quite like I I quite
like chatting. I quite like having a
nata. I I people can talk to me as much
as they want. It's my turn to ask you a
question. Perfect. I like it. Well,
Steve,
>> hold on. [laughter]
>> Here we have the list. So, take your
pick. Have a look. Okay, I'm going for
the top of the shop.
>> I'm going for the very top one. When was
the last time you were absolutely gutted
about something?
Maybe you heard something or maybe you
did something or something went wrong
that you were trying to do.
Great. Okay, I've got one. I've got an
answer. Uh because uh it's funny, we
actually mentioned this adjective the
last time we had a chat because we were
describing when you're really really sad
or disappointed. You've been gutted,
like your guts have been taken out. And
I'm very rarely gutted. Sometimes I can
be a bit down. Sometimes I can be a
little bit pissed off, but I don't often
show it. I kind of keep myself to myself
and I don't open up about my feelings.
But there was a time related to YouTube
and content when I was a little bit
gutted. And it was a couple of months
ago because when I was back home over
August,
I made a few videos quite a lot to try
and get ahead with content, which is a
nice technique that I use to try and
avoid being stressed. But one of them I
recorded was like a house tour of my
parents' house. And uh I thought, "Oh,
this is a nice video." You know,
comprehensible input, lots of
vocabulary. My parents' house is quite
nice as well. And I scheduled it. Uh it
went live. It was doing quite well. And
then after a few hours, first my sister
messaged me and was like, "Lewis, I
don't know how mom and dad are gonna
feel about this video. You know, it's
quite personal. Did you ask permission?"
I was like, "No, but I I didn't do
anything wrong. It's absolutely fine.
I'm just showing the house." And then
she was like, "You should probably tell
them and ask them if um they want you to
delete it or not." So then I asked them
and they were like, "Louis, it's
absolutely fine, but you know, for our
own privacy, it's maybe better that you
don't show certain rooms or certain
things." So I was like, "Ah, you know,
you're the boss. You're in charge. No
worries." So I had to take down the
video. And of course, it's no big deal.
I wasn't absolutely devastated, but it
was a Sunday. I was a bit hung over as
well. while I was watching TV and I was
getting excited about a successful video
and then I was like going to have to
delete it, aren't I? So, at that moment
when I made that tough decision, I was
gutted like all that work for nothing.
>> I feel for you. I totally feel that.
It's it's like in Spanish they have a
great expression, the loiento, I feel it
in my heart, you know, I feel it. You've
just reminded me of one.
>> Okay. YouTube as well. It's
>> to do with YouTube and it's sort of your
fault why I was gutted.
>> Okay.
>> Um I watched a video you did where you
looked around your flat and you stole or
at least you were wearing your
girlfriend's slippers.
>> Uhhuh.
>> Right. And I was inspired. I thought
this is a really nice video. It's it's
showing how people really live and you
learn English in the best possible way.
You know, the technical phrase I think
as you've used is comprehensible input.
That's a great way of learning a
language. And I thought, I wonder if I
could do something like this.
Now, quite famously,
I'm probably the only adult in the world
that doesn't have a mobile phone.
>> Okay? So, I know that you use your phone
to record. I don't have a phone to
record.
And my camera, the one I'm using now,
well, I record it in my house so I can
move it around literally attached to my
laptop if I want to record something.
>> I thought I need a video camera that I
can go around.
>> So, I treated myself. I'd had a good
month on YouTube, so I treated myself
and I bought
this.
>> Okay. Looks fancy.
>> So, to put it in perspective, this is
the size against my hand.
>> Uh-huh.
>> Okay. But it's got a trick.
So,
this is the part that it works from.
>> Mhm. And you should see
so you should be able to see yourself
now what I can see. So you can see all
my messy room. You can see over. So if I
go over there,
>> you can see around my room and it's all
coming from this.
Great. Does great video. Everything was
marvelous and no one really notices it.
So, I thought I'll go out in public
and no one will even know. I'll just
walk around like Lewis did in his flat
and say, "Here is a tree. This is a post
box. Watch me cross the road."
So difficult. So difficult to walk and
talk at the same time, but I was
determined. So, let me take this off.
It's magnetic. Um,
so and of course you can stick it on
things like lamposts and just talk to
the lampost. So good. Love my little
toy.
So I thought what I'll do is I'll talk
about clothes.
I'll make a video about clothing.
>> Mhm. And the best place that I could
think to do this where there would be
lots of clothes was in Markx and
Spencer, the famous British clothes
store. And in Liverpool we have a
massive Marks and Spencer store.
So outside
they had a shelter for bicycles and I
stuck the little camera on
and I started. Today I'm going to tell
you all about British phrases for
clothing when I go into the most famous
clothes store in England, Marks and
Spencer, and you're going to come with
me. Hi, I'm Steve. And I did a nice
introduction, took it off, stuck it on,
in I went. I was in that store for an
hour. I No problem going through the
men's clothes. So, this is a shirt,
different sizes. This is a rail. I'm
putting it on the rail. I even went into
the changing room. I asked the assistant
and it's got a microphone built in. It
was great. So, can you tell me where the
changing room is? I knew, but I wanted
her to speak. Oh, yeah. The changing
room's that way. Thanks very much. Off I
went.
>> Mhm.
>> Ladies, I wasn't so good at walking
around because I'm a man walking saying,
"And this is a lady's bra." And that was
horrible. But I did it
and I finished and I got back in my car
and I thought, "Oh, this is going to be
so good."
>> And you never press record.
>> Got to press record.
>> I have to press record. I was gutted.
>> I was totally gutted.
>> Or are you going to redo it?
Yeah, but I've I've funny enough I've
just put one up about walking around a
supermarket. So, I went to a local
supermarket and just did one for 10
minutes
>> just to see how it all worked. And it's
okay. It's not my best. There's a skill,
isn't there, to what you do in terms of
the walking and the talking and taking
your time as you walk. And I I I rushed,
I think. So, I need to learn that skill.
But anyway, I'll put one up today about
going around a supermarket, which I
think I think it'll certainly teach
people English or help them learn
English and they get to see a bit of
British life. I'll remember to press
record next time.
>> I mean, that's one of the most
frustrating things ever. Whenever you
spend a lot of time doing anything, it
could be making a video or anything else
for that matter, and then realizing that
there was a little technical issue,
maybe you forgot to do something, you
click the wrong button, and it's like,
seriously, I just [laughter] wasted that
time for nothing. And it's so
frustrating. I'd say it's like equally
frustrating to when maybe you're at an
airport and you have a canceled flight
or a delayed flight. It's like
>> now what am I going to do?
>> Yep. Yep.
>> And you just do that sigh, don't you?
You do that little sigh that
>> it's very British.
>> And I mean, you can't do anything about
it. I mean, everybody should just think,
okay, it is what it is. But it's much
easier said than done. You know, it's
much harder to actually do it than to
say it.
>> Yes, perfect news.
>> Yeah, that was my example of being
gutted.
>> And I do blame you, [laughter]
>> just so you know.
>> It's all right. It's all right. I will
take it on the chin, which is a nice way
of saying like I'll accept this little
bit of criticism, this little joke, and
move on. I'm just going to take it on
the chin. I'll I'll own up to it. I hold
my hands up. [laughter]
It's not your fault. It's mine. I'm just
looking to place the blame.
>> Place the blame. Blame someone else but
me when it's me. Because I'm a muppet.
A muppet. Lovely phrase. A muppet. Um,
what does it mean? A muppet.
>> Are you Are you really that young that
you don't remember the Muppets?
>> No, no, of course. I I mean, I'm not
that young anymore. I feel like I'm
getting on, you know? I'm getting a bit
old, but of course I remember the
Muppets. And
>> I presume it's com It comes from that,
doesn't it? The expression of Muppets.
>> I think so. And it's interesting that u
one of these questions actually includes
the word muppet. So um a muppet is
basically an an idiot, a stupid person.
>> Yeah,
>> we've got loads of alternatives,
but I'm curious, Steve. Um tell me who's
the biggest muppet you've ever worked
with? And you don't have to name any
names. This person can stay anonymous,
but yeah. Have you ever worked with any
muppets? And in what way were they a
muppet?
For 30 years I worked for the government
and I had an interesting job. My job
basically was to help people and solve
problems.
And sometimes that work brought me into
contact with members of parliament.
These are the people who are elected to
run the country. The people who Guy
Forks tried to blow up.
And
I remember the very first MP I ever met,
I went into her office. It was a woman.
And when I came out, I couldn't believe
that this person was such a muppet. They
had no conception of the real world and
they were basically stupid.
And although I you can't stereotype
people, I hate that. But
it it struck me as an average
The people who are running the country
aren't really that bright. They're very
good at getting votes [snorts] but not
actually very intellectual.
And I remember once the then not now
stressed not now but the then leader of
the opposition party was in my house.
>> Okay. And
when he left and I said, "Okay, see you.
Bye." Um, I I found myself thinking,
"This is a person who wants to be the
prime minister, the top job, the person
who will decide how we all live our
lives." And he is an absolute
idiot, an absolute muppet.
>> Did he ever get elected? Did he ever
become the prime minister?
>> He did not.
>> I mean, that's a relief, but I I guess
the comparison, the alternative probably
isn't much brighter.
>> Seriously, he was a grown man and he
wore his baseball cap backwards.
He was supposed to be the prime minister
and he walked in with a baseball cap on
backwards. Who does that? He's a
grownup. Children do that. No. Tell me
yours. Who have you met who's a Muppet?
>> Um, well, it's funny because I've been
uh well, I was re-watching slashwatching
um a program. It's kind of like a
documentary program from like 12 years
ago. And because I'm from Yorkshire and
um I'm going back this weekend and my
fiance always wants to brush up on her
Yorkshire accent when she comes back and
sees my family. I was like, "Oh, let's
watch this documentary. It's called
Educating Yorkshire."
And it basically shows what uh secondary
schools are like around the UK. And
specifically, it's a secondary school in
Jewsbury, which is near to Leadeds. And
watching it, seeing what kids were like
back then was kind of bringing back
memories. And I started thinking like,
"Oh, wow. It was really like that." I
remember when I was at school and this
happened and I was thinking of muppets
who I knew from school because they'd
focus on like maybe the bullies, the
people who would misbehave quite a lot.
And it got me thinking like, "Oh, I knew
someone exactly like that. I know
someone knew someone exactly like that
as well." And it was these muppets who
were usually showing off, trying to get
attention without realizing that
they're not doing themselves any favors,
that they're only making life harder for
themselves. And there was a guy I was
friends with back in secondary school
and kind of started hanging around with
the wrong people. He was a nice guy at
heart, but you know, he got in with the
wrong crowd. So, their bad behavior kind
of rubbed off on him and like he started
to behave like this and started, you
know, making a scene in front of
teachers, getting a bit aggressive and I
was thinking, "Oh, what a muppet." you
know, he had his life ahead of himself
and then he decided to
>> absolutely
>> kind of go off the rails really to go
down a wrong path and yeah, I don't know
what he's doing nowadays, but watching
this program educating Yorkshire made me
think, that guy, what a muppet he was.
>> Yeah.
Did was bullying a big problem? I I've
got to say in my school bullying at
least I wasn't affect I'm sure it went
on but I never personally got affected
by it. Uh I certainly was never a bully
and I hope even at the young age I would
stand up to a bully but it just it just
wasn't in my circle you know. I I was
lucky I avoided that whole that whole
thing really. Was it a a problem in
yours?
I'd say not so much. Like of course
these things always happen, but it was
never like in a very very cruel way. So
if there was some bullying, it was like
minor stuff of people calling each other
names and stuff like that, but there was
never any serious bullying that you
might see from films or series of people
like
>> having fights in toilets and putting
their head down the toilet. I never
witnessed anything like that. It was
just kind of name calling and like
little insignificant things. Maybe like
a slight bit of intimidation to maybe
have like the bigger kids getting what
they want from the smaller kids like
jumping in the line or maybe stealing
insignificant things. So, of course, it
happened. It was a thing. Luckily, I
didn't really get bullied, but you'd see
certain things that were not nice, and
I'd like to think that bullying isn't an
issue today, but I've got no idea to be
honest.
>> I'm I'm sure it goes on. It's
unfortunate. You know, some people get
bullied and get picked on picked on. Um,
but yeah, it's a horrible thing. It's a
horrible thing. On a lighter note, let's
lighten it up because that's quite a
serious subject.
>> You mentioned Yorkshire and one of my
favorite places in the whole world is in
Yorkshire
and
it's called Malum. Do you know Malum?
>> Yeah. Yeah.
>> I love Malum. I I couldn't I first went
there with the school on a school trip,
a day trip to learn all about the
geography because it's such a strange
place with the limestone
>> and the cove and the limestone
>> and subsequently I've been back lots of
times just because you know I've I've
stayed over in this little tiny village
but the way it was explained to me was
it's where the ice age which was when
the world started getting covered in
ice. It's where it stopped. And because
all that ice stopped right on this
little town of Malum, obviously other
towns as well, but this town, um, the
ice melted and dropped all its rocks
that it had gathered as it was going
around the world. And as a result, it's
this it's the most spectacular
countryside I think I've ever seen in
the world. I think it's an amazing place
that hardly anyone seems to know about.
Okay. Now, I've been a few times as
well. Uh, going to Malum. It's kind of a
a commonish thing to do because it's
like less than an hour's drive away, so
you can get there 45 minutes or
something like that. And they've got
like little waterfalls as well. And the
cove where you can walk up onto the top
and you've got all of these limestones
that are together. You've got to kind of
like jump from one to another. And then
you've got this wonderful view where you
can see all across the horizon of like
rolling Yorkshire hills. So it is one of
the most beautiful places in the dales
in the Yorkshire Dales.
>> We should be sponsored by Malum Tourist
Board because everyone in the world
needs to go to Malum and see it with
their own eyes because it is so
spectacular and it's like a outside of
Yorkshire. It's almost a secret.
Maybe that's something we can do next
time. We can discuss some hidden gems
around the United Kingdom that people
don't really know a lot about, but they
should know more about. And we can
prepare some images as well, so then I
can show them so everybody can really
>> appreciate the beauty with your own
eyes.
>> Such a good idea.
>> Now, uh, let's do one final question
because then I've got to call it a day
and move on to my next class. But we've
got time for five minutes for one final
question and I'm going to ask you.
>> Can I choose it?
>> Yeah, sure.
Take your pick.
>> I've noticed one at the bottom on the
screen that I can see now. And when I
glanced it, when you put the questions
up before, I thought, "When's the last
time you had to le it?" Meaning to run
away.
And I thought, "I haven't got an answer.
I hope he never asks me that question
because I genuinely can't remember ever
running away. I run towards things and I
don't remember ever running away and
then just as you were talking it came to
me.
I did once have to leg it
and it's another story. I'm sorry about
this but it's another of my story. And
was it from the police? Did you leg it
from the police or what? The police were
involved.
I lived for a while in nice countryside
and close by the police had a school for
their for training their dogs.
You know the police dogs
>> and I've always loved dogs. I've always
had dogs. Love them. And they asked for
volunteers to go and help them train the
dogs. So this one Sunday, I think it was
the springtime, I remember it was wet
because I was wearing Wellington boots.
Wellington boots shortened usually to
Wellies, rubber boots that are
waterproof.
And um I turned up there and they said,
"Oh, you're just the person we need.
Come with me." So this big policeman
took me to the middle of this field
and he said, "Right, I'm going to lead
you in the middle of this field and a
policeman with a dog is going to come at
the end of that field and he is going to
shout to you. As soon as he starts
shouting to you,
I want you to turn around and leg it
that way. Run as fast as you can. The
policeman will send his dog and the dog
will stop you.
I thought I would just be walking the
dogs or, you know, helping, you know, I
would hide and they would sniff and find
me. No. So, I said, "Well, that's going
to hurt." [laughter]
And he said, "No, you'll get
protection."
So, I looked around and I didn't see any
big suits. I thought I would have a big
padded suit.
And instead,
from behind his back, he pulled a small
piece of carpet, maybe this big, and he
wrapped it around my arm and got some
tape and taped it just there.
And I'm looking at it and thinking,
"That's is that it?" And he went,
"You'll be fine. Run. The dog will grab
your arm.
bring you down and then the the
policeman will come and get the dog off
you. Don't worry, you'll be fine.
I was nervous, but I'm good with dogs.
So, he goes off and I'm stood in the
middle of a field in the countryside and
sure enough, this policeman comes with
this wolf. It's not It's not a dog. It's
a wolf. It's like something out of Game
of Thrones. this beast on a lead and it
smells dinner. It smells its dinner and
it's dinner is me. So the police the the
policeman shouts, "Oi, I want a word
with you." And as soon as I heard that,
I turned and there was a gate and it was
about 100 meters away
and I thought, "I'm off." So I start
legging it away from the dog.
And I just hear in the distance please
say if you don't stop I'll release my
dog.
>> Oh, I'm not stopping for anyone. I'm I'm
going. So the next thing I hear and
remember I'm in my wellies. These are
not like training shoes, running shoes.
These are wellies. And I'm in a muddy
field and I'm going as fast as I can. I
can hear the dog. I can hear its breath
and its paws as it pounds on the field
towards me. My heart's racing and I'm
thinking, "This is going to be bad." And
suddenly it takes my arm.
It takes my arm and drags me to the
floor.
And it's
and I thought, "None of the rest of me
is protected. Stay on that." And I hear
the policeman coming off and he's
running up like that and the dogs really
angry like big eyes and I'm like and I'm
going good boy good boy [laughter]
like this and the policeman comes gives
the command that the dog releases and
goes and sits by him like that and I sat
there like that and the policeman said
are you all right? And he went and I
said
yeah I I think I'm fine. You know, that
was that was terrifying but exciting at
the same time. And he went, "Go and give
him a kiss." And this big dog just run
over and starts licking my face. A
[gasps and laughter]
>> So yes, that's the time I've legged it
in my life. I ran [snorts] away from a a
monster.
I mean, I don't think I'd be able to do
that. I imagine it was cool and of
course a nice story to tell, but uh I'm
a coward. I mention it many times. I'm
an absolute chicken. So, if I saw this
big dog coming towards me, I think I
would actually poo myself. [laughter]
>> It would be slipping
trying to get [laughter]
>> That's like the distraction. So,
hopefully then the dog goes for the poo.
[laughter]
>> I never did it again. Can I just say it
was a one-off experience and I'm glad I
did it. And it was looking back now,
like you say, it's a funny story,
but at the time I remember my heart
racing as this thing was coming towards
me and he was beautiful, you know, but
holy moly, he was fast and he was
powerful.
>> It's the importance of having dogs on
your side. Don't get on the wrong side
of them. Stay on their side.
>> Perfect. All right. Well, I've got a
head. I've got to go, in other words.
But, uh, Steve, an absolute pleasure as
always. And, uh, as we said, maybe the
next time we can go over some hidden
gems or places off the beaten track in
the United Kingdom. We can prepare some
photos and discuss where people should
go outside of the typical cities and
tourist attractions. I reckon like it
sounds like a good idea. So, I think
that would be marvelous for people who
are coming to England. I don't know
about you, but all my students say the
same thing. Well, I'm coming I'm coming
to the UK. Where you going? London.
Well, where else are you going? Nowhere.
I'm going to London. Seeing Big Ben,
Buckingham Palace, Traval Square, and
then I'm flying out and such a shame. UK
is beautiful. So many interesting
things. Think it's a great idea, Lewis.
>> Awesome. Well, uh, we can shake on that.
And, um, thank you everybody for
joining, for watching, for tuning in. If
you like this, leave a like, follow us
both, and, uh, yeah, we'll see you next
time. So, thanks Steve, and thank you
everybody. You're very welcome. Cheerio.
Bye.
[music]
Related Songs